fleet, swift
(adjective) moving very fast; “fleet of foot”; “the fleet scurrying of squirrels”; “a swift current”; “swift flight of an arrow”; “a swift runner”
fleet
(noun) a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
fleet
(noun) a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
fleet
(noun) group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
fleet
(noun) group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
(verb) disappear gradually; “The pain eventually passed off”
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; “The hummingbird flitted among the branches”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fleet (plural fleets)
A group of vessels or vehicles.
Any group of associated items.
A large, coordinated group of people.
(nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
(nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
fleet (plural fleets)
(obsolete, dialectal) An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
(nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
fleet (third-person singular simple present fleets, present participle fleeting, simple past and past participle fleeted)
(obsolete, intransitive) To float.
(transitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
(ambitransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
(intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.
(intransitive) To evanesce, disappear, die out.
(nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
(nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
(nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
To take the cream from; to skim.
fleet (comparative fleeter or more fleet, superlative fleetest or most fleet)
(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
Synonyms: nimble, fast
(uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
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Fleet
A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.
A former prison (the Fleet Prison) in London, which originally stood near the stream.
A river, the Water of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
A town in Hart district, Hampshire, England.
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fleet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeting.] Etym: [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fleĂłtan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. fljota to float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. plu to swim, sail. sq. root84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.] And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. Spenser.
2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. Milton.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - - said of a cable or hawser.
Fleet, v. t.
1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. Spenser.
2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly. Shak.
3. (Naut.) (a) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. Totten. (b) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
Fleet, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. flj quick. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.
2. Light; superficially thin; not penetring deep, as soil. [Prov. Eng.] Mortimer.
Fleet, n. Etym: [OE. flete, fleote, AS. fleĂłt ship, fr. fleĂłtan to float, swim. See Fleet, v. i. and cf. Float.]
Definition: A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Fleet, n. Etym: [AS. fleĂłt a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. vliet rill, brook, G. fliess. See Fleet, v. i.]
1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London. Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. Matthewes.
2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up). Fleet parson, a clergyman of low character, in, or in the vicinity of, the Fleet prison, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents.
Fleet, v. t. Etym: [AS. flet cream, fr. fleĂłtan to float. See Fleet, v. i.]
Definition: To take the cream from; to skim. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
